Barbara Broccoli

Barbara Broccoli has said several times that the next 007 "doesn't need to be a white man" but she did rule out the possibility of a woman in the role - although the decision is now out of her hands after she relinquished control of the series to Amazon.

Speaking to Variety, she said: "I'm not particularly interested in taking a male character and having a woman play it. I think women are far more interesting than that."